In Retrospect

If I had the power, perhaps in an alternate timeline, the Top 40 would have been quite different...

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Number
1

Bette Davis Eyes
Kim Carnes
From the album: Mistaken Identity
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
8
Number
2

Once in a Lifetime
Talking Heads
From the album: Remain in Light
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
3 Up by 1

Canary in a Coalmine
The Police
From the album: Zenyatta Mondatta
Peak
3
Weeks
8
Number
4 Down by 1

I'm in Love With a German Film Star
The Passions
From the album: Thirty Thousand Feet Over China
Peak
3
Weeks
17
Number
5

Rapture
Blondie
From the album: Autoamerican
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
6

You Better You Bet
The Who
From the album: Face Dances
Peak
6
Weeks
10
Number
7 Up by 7

The Sound of the Crowd
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
7
Weeks
4
Number
8 Up by 1

Ceremony
New Order
Peak
8
Weeks
10
Number
9 Up by 6

Planet Earth
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran
Peak
9
Weeks
5
Number
10

New Toy
Lene Lovich
From the album: New Toy
Peak
10
Weeks
11
Number
11 Down by 4

Don't Stand So Close To Me
The Police
From the album: Zenyatta Mondatta
Peak
3
Weeks
16
Number
12 Down by 4

Kings Of The Wild Frontier
Adam and the Ants
From the album: Kings of the Wild Frontier
Peak
6
Weeks
13
Number
13 Down by 2

Vienna
Ultravox
From the album: Vienna
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
14 Up by 4

Super Trouper
ABBA
From the album: Super Trouper
Peak
14
Weeks
7
Number
15 Down by 2

Precious to Me
Phil Seymour
From the album: Phil Seymour
Peak
10
Weeks
16
Number
16

I Love You
Climax Blues Band
From the album: Flying the Flag
Peak
15
Weeks
12
Number
17

Too Much Time on My Hands
Styx
From the album: Paradise Theatre
Peak
16
Weeks
9
Number
18 Up by 1

(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang
Heaven 17
From the album: Penthouse and Pavement
Peak
18
Weeks
9
Number
19 Up by 7

Stand and Deliver
Adam and the Ants
From the album: Prince Charming
Peak
19
Weeks
3
Number
20 Up by 3

Dreaming of Me
Depeche Mode
From the album: Speak & Spell
Peak
20
Weeks
6
Number
21 Down by 9

Fashion
David Bowie
From the album: Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
28
Number
22 Down by 2

Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)
The Gap Band
Peak
18
Weeks
12
Number
23 Up by 5

It's Going to Happen!
The Undertones
Peak
23
Weeks
4
Number
24

Limelight
Rush
From the album: Moving Pictures
Peak
24
Weeks
8
Number
25

Find Your Way Back
Jefferson Starship
From the album: Modern Times
Peak
25
Weeks
6
Number
26 Down by 5

Kiss on My List
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Voices
Peak
8
Weeks
17
Number
27

While You See a Chance
Steve Winwood
From the album: Arc of a Diver
Peak
27
Weeks
6
Number
28 Down by 6

Message of Love
The Pretenders
From the album: Pretenders II
Peak
12
Weeks
13
Number
29 Up by 5

Primary
The Cure
From the album: Faith
Peak
29
Weeks
6
Number
30 Up by 3

Angels On The Balcony
Blondie
From the album: Autoamerican
Peak
30
Weeks
5
Number
31 Up by 4

The Swords of a Thousand Men
Tenpole Tudor
From the album: Eddie, Old Bob, Dick and Gary
Peak
31
Weeks
4
Number
32 Down by 1

The Tide Is High
Blondie
From the album: Autoamerican
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
28
Number
33 Down by 1

Remembrance Day
B-Movie
Peak
32
Weeks
6
Number
34 Down by 5

Ah Leah
Donnie Iris
Peak
5
Weeks
24
Number
35 Down by 5

Strobe Light
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
30
Number
36 Debut

Is That Love
Squeeze
Peak
36
Weeks
1
Number
37 Debut

Pocket Calculator
Kraftwerk
From the album: Computer World
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Debut

The Art of Parties
Japan
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Down by 2

The Winner Takes It All
ABBA
From the album: Super Trouper
Peak
16
Weeks
16
Number
40 Down by 4

Give Me Back My Man
The B-52's
From the album: Wild Planet
Peak
9
Weeks
30

Dropouts

Number
38 Dropout

Freedom of Choice
Devo
From the album: Freedom of Choice
Peak
5
Weeks
22
Number
39 Dropout

Fade to Grey
Visage
From the album: Visage
Peak
8
Weeks
21
Number
40 Dropout

Just Between You and Me
April Wine
From the album: The Nature of the Beast
Peak
30
Weeks
11

A chart by

Date

May 23, 1981

Songs

40

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1 1 Kim Carnes – “Bette Davis Eyes” 1(×5) 8

2 2 Talking Heads – “Once in a Lifetime” 1(×2) 16

4 3 The Police – “Canary in a Coalmine” 3 8

3 4 The Passions – “I'm in Love With a German Film Star” 3 17

5 5 Blondie – “Rapture” 1(×4) 17

6 6 The Who – “You Better You Bet” 6 10

14 7 The Human League – “The Sound of the Crowd” 7 4

9 8 New Order – “Ceremony” 8 10

15 9 Duran Duran – “Planet Earth” 9 5

10 10 Lene Lovich – “New Toy” 10 11

7 11 The Police – “Don't Stand So Close To Me” 3 16

8 12 Adam and the Ants – “Kings Of The Wild Frontier” 6 13

11 13 Ultravox – “Vienna” 1(×3) 20

18 14 ABBA – “Super Trouper” 14 7

13 15 Phil Seymour – “Precious to Me” 10 16

16 16 Climax Blues Band – “I Love You” 15 12

17 17 Styx – “Too Much Time on My Hands” 16 9

19 18 Heaven 17 – “(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang” 18 9

26 19 Adam and the Ants – “Stand and Deliver” 19 3

23 20 Depeche Mode – “Dreaming of Me” 20 6

12 21 David Bowie – “Fashion” 1(×2) 28

20 22 The Gap Band – “Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)” 18 12

28 23 The Undertones – “It's Going to Happen!” 23 4

24 24 Rush – “Limelight” 24 8

25 25 Jefferson Starship – “Find Your Way Back” 25 6

21 26 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “Kiss on My List” 8 17

27 27 Steve Winwood – “While You See a Chance” 27 6

22 28 The Pretenders – “Message of Love” 12 13

34 29 The Cure – “Primary” 29 6

33 30 Blondie – “Angels On The Balcony” 30 5

35 31 Tenpole Tudor – “The Swords of a Thousand Men” 31 4

31 32 Blondie – “The Tide Is High” 1(×4) 28

32 33 B-Movie – “Remembrance Day” 32 6

29 34 Donnie Iris – “Ah Leah” 5 24

30 35 The B-52's – “Strobe Light” 1(×1) 30

NE 36 Squeeze – “Is That Love” 36 1

NE 37 Kraftwerk – “Pocket Calculator” 37 1

NE 38 Japan – “The Art of Parties” 38 1

37 39 ABBA – “The Winner Takes It All” 16 16

36 40 The B-52's – “Give Me Back My Man” 9 30

DROPOUTS:

38 -- Devo – “Freedom of Choice” 5 22

39 -- Visage – “Fade to Grey” 8 21

40 -- April Wine – “Just Between You and Me” 30 11

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